RHSA-2020:2833 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: kdelibs security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · July 7, 2020
Updated · June 27, 2026
Topic
An update for kdelibs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is a graphical desktop environment for the X Window System. The kdelibs packages include core libraries for the K Desktop Environment.
Security Fix(es):
- kdelibs: malicious desktop files and configuration files lead to code execution with minimal user interaction (CVE-2019-14744)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.